Just a post here to let readers know that I haven’t fallen off the Earth, although I am on the other side of it – the lovely Nina and I are currently in Koh Yao Yai, Thailand, where we went (on the world’s longest nonstop flight!) to meet up with our daughter, son-in-law, and three grandsons.
Koh Yao Yai is an island in Phang Nga Bay, just east of Phuket, and while it’s way too hot and humid for a Northman like me to endure for long, it’s awfully scenic, in that tropical-paradise sort of way that a lot of people seem to like. The bay features dramatic karst formations, as you can see from this shot I took from high atop Hong Island (which was quite a climb in the tropical heat):
We will be back in chilly maritime New England soon. (There’s no place like home!) After that, if not sooner, I plan to get back to regular posting. I’d be remiss, though, not to note with sadness today the recent deaths of Jeff Beck and David Crosby. These were towering figures in my generation’s music, and it’s a gloomy fact that we’re going to be losing more and more of these iconic names as the next few years go by.
One Comment
Perhaps difficult for a ‘northman’ but I will say this – if the Arkianese authorities ever demand I leave I will happily return to Thailand.